Chanel, I'm not an expert, but I'd probably just start on day 1 tomorrow.  And to tell you the truth, I'd probably even "enjoy" the rest of today without guilt.  Then just start hard tomorrow.  It looks like you enjoy fruit, so you should be able to eat plenty tomorrow!

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Jennifer
9 days until the wedding...
(bridesmaid dress is what started this whole thing!)

Thank you Jennifer & IKelly for taking the time to answer my post. I started on day one this morning. A few years ago I lost about 11 lbs. on the CSD in one week, so I know if you adhere to the plan it works.

It's great having this discussion group for the support it provides.

Good luck to both of you.

I agree with everyone who says it's no biggie, don't beat yourself up.

However I don't recommend you go back to Day 1. Here's why - if you do CSD until you slip up on Day 3, then go back to Day 1 and try again until you slip up, perhaps on day 5 this time, then go back to Day 1 until you slip up ... do you see where I'm going? You'll never get through it and you'll feel rubbish.

I also strongly dis-recommend (is there even such a word?) "enjoying the rest of the day". Here's why - I've been there done that and I usually get the biggest pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese and garlic bread with extra cheese and a whole bottle of non-diet coke and some ice cream and ... do you see where I'm going? Maybe you're not like me, but I usually eat a whole week's worth of calories if I tell myself "Well i've slipped up now, I might as well enjoy the rest of the day and start again tomorrow." It's a MAJOR road to nowhere.

So here's what I advise. You're on Day 3 right? So start again where you're at, at day 3. For the rest of the day eat fruit and veggies and cabbage soup. Tomorrow, do day 4. carry on as if nothing ever happened.

All you've eaten "off the diet" is a glass of skimmed milk (85 calories), a fat free chicken breast (140 calories) and a cup of coffee with 2 tablespoons fat free half and half 920 calories). That's a total of 245 calories. It takes 3,500kcals to gain a pound of fat - so you've slowed your weight loss by seven hundredths of a pound, or just over one ounce. If you feel you really must, go for a thirty-minute brisk walk. You'll burn off the 245 calories.

You're doing fine. Just keep on going as if it never happened. Your weight loss at the end of the week will be just the same as if it never happened. CSD is not a "magic spell" that you have to follow perfectly or it "won't work". All it is, is a low-calorie diet where you eat fewer calories than your body uses so your body burns fat for energy instead so you lose weight. The same as every other diet.

Oh and a big WELL DONE for coming here and telling us about it. That took guts and I admire that. It's easy to post our successes but much harder to post our slip ups.